Wilson brings quicker offense to IU football program
IU Coach Kevin Wilson orchestrated a speedy no-huddle offenses while at Oklahoma. It's an offensive style that is being adapted into the IU football program.
IU Coach Kevin Wilson orchestrated a speedy no-huddle offenses while at Oklahoma. It's an offensive style that is being adapted into the IU football program.
In an annual staff meeting for the IU Athletics Department on Tuesday, more than 300 employees listened to IU President Michael McRobbie talk about the price of winning.
Soccer had its 15 minutes of fame again this summer in the United States. The game that defines sports in European countries garnered attention from the USA women’s soccer team’s run to the World Cup final and two of England’s top teams’ visits to Major League Soccer stadiums across the country.
After a summer playing in China and against professional players in the Indy Pro AM, the Bloomington man has taken on another role this offseason — becoming a more vocal leader.
To many, Ori Velasquez is just another face in the crowd during Welcome Week, another student at IU.
Welcome home, Hoosier Nation. IU Athletics will soon be in full swing with the fall season. Here is a snapshot of the upcoming fall season.
Summer and the true off-season for IU women’s basketball are approaching their final hours as the team prepares for a new year. The past few months provided the Hoosiers time to rest and recover before the hard work of a new season begins.
This year’s defensive lineup is returning to normal after a season when many players were forced out of their natural positions.
The IU quarterbacks remain a long way from where IU Coach Kevin Wilson said he would like them to be by the season opener Sep. 3 against Ball State University. At this point in the fall practices, the competition has effectively been narrowed down to sophomores Dusty Kiel and Edward Wright-Baker and true freshman Tre Roberson.
Only a few years ago, former Hoosier golfers Shaun Micheel, Dan Olsen and Jeff Overton were competing for Indiana in collegiate events. Today they are playing on the professional tour, representing the IU men’s golf program at major events such as the Professional Golf Association Championship, which took place Aug. 8 through 14 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.
Assistant coaches under famed former Indiana Coach Jerry Yeagley helped the Indiana men’s soccer program hoist the national championship trophy in both 2003 and 2004. Coaches Todd Yeagley and Caleb Porter returned only a few years after graduating to help their alma mater capture College Cup titles, which had eluded both men during their stints as leaders of the Hoosier soccer team.
IU Women’s Soccer Coach Mick Lyon said he will think positively and use the opportunity provided by his team’s youth to make some tactical changes to help the team win more close, low-scoring matches. Over the past three seasons in 1-0 matches, the Hoosiers are 7-7, including five consecutive matches in 2008 when IU lost 1-0 to open the Big Ten schedule.
A recap or quick refresher of all the summer news you may have missed.
After two exhibition games with moments of poor communication, near misses and tough goals, the IU men’s soccer team left the Shindigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., with only one goal and zero wins for their preseason slate.
IU Women’s Soccer Coach Mick Lyon said his team failed to create shots in their Aug. 7 exhibition loss against DePaul.
IU baseball and softball will have a new complex for the 2013 baseball and softball seasons. The Board of Trustees approved the construction on Thursday with the goal of starting construction in spring 2012 and completing it for the 2013 seasons.
After working with current players and strength and conditioning coach Je’Nay Jackson for eight weeks, the 2011 freshman basketball players are already beginning to feel at home.
The IU wrestling team released its 2011-12 schedule Aug. 8, including a home match against the national powerhouse University of Iowa Hawkeyes Jan. 6, 2012.
The IU football team added two players to their 2012 recruiting class with commitments from defensive end Shawn Heffern Aug. 8, and safety Sebastian Smith Aug. 9.
Although the individual players for the IU men’s golf team play in numerous events throughout the summer, they will come together this fall to begin the 2011-12 golf season.